Hello,
I’m still trying to solve this. Does anyone have any ideas?
Sorry for bumping again, but I have some new info.
I tried to register with two other domains I own and it works properly. It still does not work with all the other domains I have, as well as any gmail or hotmail email accounts. This is so weird…
Which plugins are installed/activated ?
I have already deactivated all plugins, leaving only BuddyPress active and it still happens.
The plugins I currently have installed are:
Agreeable
bbPress
BuddyPress Activity Privacy
BuddyPress Cover Photo
BuddyPress
WPBakery Visual Composer
K Elements
Rendez Vous
Revolution Slider
Social Articles
Ultimate Coming Soon Page
W3 Total Cache
Wp Mail Bank by Tech Banker
WordPress Simple Security Firewall
WPAchievements
Have you cleared the cache before testing ?
Yes, I did. The problem existed even before I installed the W3 Total Cache plugin. I also tried different browsers and different computers.
Have you a forgotten custom function somewhere who automatically add users or used a plugin for this in the past ?
Are you on a single or multisite install ?
Ensure that brower cache is cleared before you add a test user. Sometimes, such manipulation is done by site admin and if you don’t loggout while adding the activation key for the fake user, a cookie conflict occurs.
No, I don’t think so as it is a new site (about a month old) and I think I would remember.
It’s a single install.
Is site online ? Can you share the url ?
Sure. The site is http://www.sinaxtite.com. It’s all in Greek though, but you can still see the problem. Use the top menu, the right-most menu item is “Registration”. The only fields you need to fill are the standard ones, the left column is the standard wordpress registration fields, on the right you only need to fill in the user display name and click on the checkbox below for terms and condition acceptance.
I see you have registered.
Some info from the “signups” table for your account.
“Registered” column: 2015-05-24 08:30:56
“Activated” column: 2015-05-24 08:30:59
“Active” column: 1
“Activation_Key” column: –The activation key–
And you can now login despite the “Invalid Activation Key” you saw when you clicked the email link.
This is excactly whats happening with all emails I’ve tried so far except two.
If I register with info@myotherdomain.com, before I click the email link then the “signups” table is as:
“Registered” column: 2015-05-23 21:17:24
“Activated” column: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
“Active” column: 0
“Activation_Key” column: –The activation key–
and is only activated after I click on the email link, which is what we want.
Could there be a problem with my email setup on the server level? Should I talk to my hosting company?
I’m unable to tell what happens. I tried to register, received the mail, clicked on activation link and error message.
Tried to login, and didn’t found the wp-login page.
Some url’s are weird or wrong… and i suspect you haven’t correctly setup BuddyPress.
Deactivate all plugins but BP
Deactivate kleo theme and activate 2012 or 2014.
Go to BP settings and check all pages. You need a page for each component. This page must only have a title and should be absolutely blank, without any template or page model assigned.
Go to permalinks and select an option. Whatever except default. Save.
Via FTP, delete wp-config.php and htaccess. This will not affect the DB content
Run WP install again (yoursite.com/install). The goal is to generate a brand new htaccess and wp-config file.
When you’re asked for, use salt key generator and copy/paste the result to wp-config
If all went correctly, you have a fresh install.
Return to BP settings and check that anything is still in place. Register and activation page maybe completed or not assigned. In this case, assign a page to each.
Return to permalinks and simply save the page.
Now you can test registering again. If it is ok, you activate kleo and re-test registering.
Subsidiary question: have you installed WP manually or did you used a hosted automated package ?
Check also kleo’s support about BP configuration.
Cross posting !
There is no problem with sending emails, the problem is around the activation key or perhaps a wrong message output due to language file…
Forgot to tell you to revert site language to english while testing.
Make a register test in english, if ok, change the language and re-test.
I used Softaculous to install WordPress myself.
I will try your suggestions and let you know, thank you so much for your responses.
Ok will test language as well.
I deactivated all other plugins besides BuddyPress. Activated the 2014 theme. Changed the language to English and made sure BuddyPress pages were all assigned. The permalinks were already not on default. Then I deleted the wp-config and htaccess.
Then I got to the point of install. I was asked for database information. I put the information of my already existing database, but I changed the wp_ table prefix to match the one I use for my already existing database and WP said that there was already an installation and didn’t go further. It automatically generated the wp-config with new hashes, but not .htaccess. I created it myself and only put the WP default .htaccess code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Just to make sure, I also downloaded my entire public_html directory, and also downloaded a fresh copy of WordPress 4.2.2 and BuddyPress 2.2.3.1 and then ran them through a file difference checker application. The only two differences I found were:
1. “version.php” inside the WordPress “includes” folder
had as last line $wp_local_package = ‘el’; and I removed it and
2. in BuddyPress “bp-members” folder the file “bp-members-template.php” I had changed a language string and I replaced the entire file with the fresh copy.
All other WordPress and BuddyPress files are completely identical with the original versions.
I used a different browser to register, but the problem persists exactly the same. It doesn’t work for any gmail account, but works for 1 of the two domains that used to work before.
Now I have completely deleted the MySql database and all WordPress files. I did a completely clean install of WordPress 4.2.2 (without using Softaculous) and the only plugin I installed and activated is BuddyPress 2.2.3.1. Haven’t changed the language or anything else.
The problem is still there, exactly the same. The users get activated immediately after registration without clicking on the email link that is being sent to them.
OK problem solved. It wasn’t my setup after all, it was the spam filters my hosting company was using.
I found out thanks to this post here:
Invalid activation link fix?
I only wished I found it earlier.
